Where’s the Job Bill’s Beef Going?

Where’s the Job Bill’s Beef Going?

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The goal of the $26 billion Education Jobs Fund Bill is to save teachers and other public employees from layoffs. But will it? How can states use the money, and who will actually manage it? Eight Forty-Eight‘s business contributor David Greising tells us what the money coming to Illinois under the jobs bill actually means for the health of the state budget.

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